You know, there are a lot of Susans out there with some awful, awful covers on their books.
I liked these two, though:
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Two months into L.'s retirement, and I'm finished with the stockpiling of books. No more book purchases! Or at least, no purcha...
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(See also Musee des Beaux Arts ) As far as mental anguish goes, the old painters were no fools. They understood how the mind, the freakiest ...
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When I finished Kevin Brockmeier's A Brief History of the Dead last spring I immediately did a search to see if the Coca-Cola Corp. had...
Lovely. Flowers are good!
ReplyDeleteI love that Lady Susan cover.
ReplyDeleteHesperus has the ~best~ covers.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, aesthetically pleasing covers, both of them.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
Today I held a book in my hands, and nearly bought it, for its COVER. It was A.M. Homes's memoir.... forget the title.
I forget the title, yet remember the striking dustjacket and presentation!
Now THAT is good marketing!
I guess you've already done the work for me on one front....guess I'll see if there's anything under "Bybee"...I'll be surprised if there is...
ReplyDeleteBybee, I had no idea we shared the same name!
ReplyDeleteCip, it is very rare for me to buy a book with a cover I dislike. . . I did buy Donna Tartt's second and immediately removed the creepy dust jacket, but generally I use Cover Avoidance as a means of limiting the unlimitless number of books I could potentially read. And I have, on occasion, bought a book for no other reason than Cover Love.
Now I'm off to see what the Canadian cover of the Homes looks like. . .
Nice covers! Hesperus does do great covers. I won't not buy a book because of the cover, but a good cover will definitely convince me to buy a book.
ReplyDeleteMy last case of Cover Love was A Million Little Pieces, and look how badly that turned out.
ReplyDeleteBoth are nice covers. Will you be reading either for its title or cover? My cover meme turned out rather poorly, but it was funny.
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